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So said Jill Stein, the Green Party's presidential candidate, who was arrested Wednesday at a protest in Texas against the Keystone XL pipeline.

As President Obama seeks to get aid to those affected, insurers start estimating the cost. Assessing damages and liability will be a lengthy, litigious process.

Beijing initially imposed the rule to curb a population explosion, but the rule is broadly unpopular among the public.

Over 1.2 million voters have already voted early in Ohio, a key determinant in the 2012 presidential election, after Hurricane Sandy.

The Obama and Romney campaigns briefly paused in the wake of the storm. But both candidates will likely be scrambling for votes until Election Day.

John Rose, Sr., 60, who was a candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates, died after he was hit by a falling tree limb.

Hurricane Sandy has severely damaged crops in Haiti, adding stress to the country's already insecure food supplies.

Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda's opposition leader, was sentenced to eight years in prison for discussing Hutu-Tutsi rivalries.

New York Gov. Cuomo announced in a news conference Wednesday that there will be limited NYC subway service on Thursday

Barak warned that economic sanctions by the west and diplomatic efforts would fail to completely dissuade Iran.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney declined to say how he would handle FEMA.

Gov. Chris Christie, an supporter of presidential nominee Mitt Romney, has had nothing but praise for President Obama in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Many railways officials have been detained in connection with a comprehensive series of corruption probes.

More than 800,000 homes and businesses in New York City lost power but the cleanup and repairs has began in earnest.

Romney and Ryan embark on whirlwind tours of swing states.

Obama puts campaigning on the back burner and falls back into his incumbent role, visiting storm-weary victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.

After suffering a golf cart accident on Saturday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio's daughter was released from the hospital on Sunday. The 12-year-old-girl is currently recovering from a concussion.

Trump, one of Obama’s fiercest critics, initially gave the president until Wednesday to release his college records.

For the first time in weeks, presidential polling data show Romney with the advantage in Ohio.

A comment made by Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of the north western Indian state of Gujarat, about the wife of a minister has stirred a debate on a range of issues starting from honoring the modesty of women to the public display of affection (PDA), heating up the media and social networking sites.

The wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reappeared in public, after being absent from the public eye for almost two months, according to the state media.

Sendai Airport in Northern Japan, which was closed after an unexploded bomb from World War II was found near a runway during construction work, reopened Wednesday after bomb squads barricaded the area to secure the bomb.

From Vietnam to Somalia, artists critical of the government payed a heavy price on Monday.

Syrian rebels have claimed responsibility for killing a top Syrian Air Force official as violence continues to engulf the country following a failed cease-fire agreement over the weekend.

While much of New York City was spared the worst of Hurricane Sandy's fury, Brooklyn neighborhood Greenpoint saw significant flooding.

Bahrain has banned public protests after more than a year of mass unrest as anti-government protesters, mostly Shiite Muslims, demand more representation in a constitutional monarchy ruled by the Sunni Muslim minority.

White South African households earned six times as much as their black counterparts as of 2011.